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- Title
Early Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Patients Infected With Leishmania braziliensis Express Increased Inflammatory Responses After Antimony Therapy.
- Authors
Costa, Rúbia S.; Carvalho, Lucas P.; Campos, Taís M.; Magalhães, Andréa S.; Passos, Sara T.; Schriefer, Albert; Silva, Juliana A.; Lago, Ednaldo; Paixão, Camilla S.; Machado, Paulo; Scott, Phillip; Carvalho, Edgar M.
- Abstract
<bold>Background: </bold>Early cutaneous leishmaniasis (ECL) is characterized by a nonulcerated papular lesion and illness duration less than 30 days. Approximately 4 weeks later, the cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) ulcers appear. We were surprised to find that failure after antimony therapy (Sb5) is higher in ECL than CL. We hypothesize that the inflammatory response in ECL patients may increase during Sb5 therapy, which leads to treatment failure.<bold>Methods: </bold>A cohort of 44 ECL patients infected by Leishmania braziliensis was established to evaluate the response to Sb5 and to compare immunologic responses in ECL patients with CL and healthy subjects.<bold>Results: </bold>A hierarchical clustering based on cytokine levels showed a weak positive correlation between proinflammatory cytokine levels and those patients that failed Sb5 treatment. Although Sb5 therapy decreased interferon-γ and tumor necrosis factor levels in CL patients, we were surprised to find that an increase in these cytokines was observed in ECL patients. Moreover, interleukin (IL)-10 was less able to down-modulate immune responses in ECL.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>The enhanced production of proinflammatory cytokines, due in part to the decreased ability of IL-10 to down-modulate immune response during therapy in ECL, promotes the development and persistence of leishmania ulcer despite antimony therapy.
- Subjects
LEISHMANIASIS treatment; THERAPEUTIC use of antimony; LEISHMANIASIS; CYTOKINES; INTERFERONS; PATIENTS; DISEASE relapse prevention; ANTIMONY; INFLAMMATION; LEISHMANIA; TREATMENT effectiveness; ANTIPROTOZOAL agents; CROSS-sectional method; MONONUCLEAR leukocytes
- Publication
Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2018, Vol 217, Issue 5, p840
- ISSN
0022-1899
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1093/infdis/jix627